Mara

A brightly painted bottle shop and restaurant tucked just off Aberdeen's main drag, with an all-Italian wine list and sharing plates that roam a little beyond the boot. The menu is short and affordable, the food punches with hearty, well-matched flavours, and the team knows the wine well enough to make ordering feel easy. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, which around here counts for something.

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